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This critical ethnographic research study, conducted in an elementary school in an urban school district in the northwestern United States, is grounded in Paulo Freire’s four salient pedagogies for liberation and social transformation: conscientização, popular education, dialogue, and praxis. It employs the LatCrit lens to examine the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, language, sociopolitical stance, and the racist and cultural subjugation specific to Latinx and immigrant parents. The analysis revealed that when Latinx parents are connected and informed about how the school system works, they start accessing available resources, engage in transformative ways, become more effective advocates for their children, and empower other parents. In their school engagement, participants discovered that education is essential and brings about social and economic prosperity. Understanding the sociohistorical injustices and barriers that have prevented Latinx parents from engaging in their children’s schooling process can help inform practices and future research.
Advisor: | Feldman, Sue |
Commitee: | Montgomery, Dawn, Lenssen, John |
School: | Lewis and Clark College |
Department: | Education |
School Location: | United States -- Oregon |
Source: | DAI-A 81/2(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Educational leadership, Educational administration |
Keywords: | Pedagogies, Urban school district, LatCrit, Latinx |
Publication Number: | 22617671 |
ISBN: | 9781085684187 |